Ink-well.



H. L. DODGE.

INK WELL.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 1.49m.

Patented Nov. 26, 1918. I

HORACE L. DODGE, 0F BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

INK-WELL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 26. 1918.

Application filed March 1. 1918. Serial No. 219.857.

1 '0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Homer: L. Donor), a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in InkJVells, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference generally to improvements in that class of inventions known as stationery and more particularly relates to an ink well.

It is the primary aim and object of this invention to provide a device of the above mentioned character designed to act in the nature of a barometer to be self-feeding and dust proof and incidentally may be readily filled when desired.

As an additional object the present invention contemplates the provision of a device of the above mentioned character wherein improved means are employed for closing the feed opening while such means is resilient and is designed to yield when subjected to the pressure of a pen when it is desired to dip the latter in the well.

More particularly this invention embraces the provision of a device of the above mentioned character wherein the improved resilient member is designed to permit the passage of a pen to the feed opening and also guides the pen to the opening.

Among the other aims and objects of this invention may be recited the provision of a device of the character described with a view to compactness, and in which the number of parts are few, the construction simple, the cost of production low and the efliciency high.

Other improvements and novel details in the construction and arrangement of the various parts of the apparatus will be brought out more in detail in the description to follow, which for a clear understanding of the invention should be considered in connection with the accompanying drawings forming a part hereof, and wherein is disclosed for the purpose of illustration a convenient and satisfactory embodiment of the invention. It is to be noted in this connection that minor changes in the construction and arrangement of parts may be made without departing from the principle of operation of the various parts.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof, and

Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view of the device.

Similar characters of reference are employed in all of the above described views to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now, more particularly, to the accompanying drawings there is provided a base (1) formed of suitable material and preferably rectangular in shape while desirably integral with the top of the base is an inverted receptacle, cylindrical in form and provided with a round top (3). Also formed integral with the base beneath the receptacle is an inverted frusto conical shaped member (4), the outer portion 5 of which serves as a mouth for the receptacle while the inner portion (6) acts as a neck and receives a stopper (7). Both the member (4) and the stopper (7 provide a bottom for the receptacle in addition to providing a means whereby the receptacle may be filled.

In order that the ink well will act in a self feeding capacity the upper surface of the base is provided with a groove (8) which extends longitudinally of the base and has its bottom slanting toward and joined with the upper surface of the member (4:) as indicated by the numeral (9). A lip (10) depends from the edge of the receptacle (2) and terminates slightly above the bottom of the groove (8) and serves to regulate the flow of ink from the receptacle into the groove, as is apparent.

For the purpose of rendering the ink well dust proof and for providing a pen receiver a leaf spring (11) is employed and has one end connected by a suitable fastener, such as a rivet (12) to the base, said fastener (12) passing through an opening 13 in the base and being anchored at its outer end on the bottom of a recess (14:) formed about the opening in the bottom of the base. The

spring is slightly inclined within the groove.

inclined within the groove the side walls of the latter prevent accidental movement of the spring while the spring also acts as a closure for the groove as is apparent.

In use the pen holder (not shown.) is manipulated so that the pen point will be positioned through the opening 15 in the spring member 11 whereupon 'a pressure is exerted thereon to depress the outer end of the spring member so that the pen point will be dipped into the ink in the groove 8 and when a sufficient quantity has been applied the pen holder is removed whereupon the spring will move upwardly into a substan- 2 tial closing position.

It is believed in view of the foregoing description that a further detailed description of the invention is entirely unnecessary. Likewise it is believed that the advantages of the invention will be readily apparent.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limited sense. It is also to be understood that the language used in the following claims is intended to cover all the generic and specific features of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention which as a matter of language might be said to fall therebetween.

The invention having been described what is claimed as new and useful is 2-- 1. The combination with a base, an inverted receptacle thereon, the base being provided with a groove extending within the receptacle, and a lip depending from the receptacle and positioned in the groove, of a leaf spring having one end secured to the base and its main portion disposed above and slightly inclined within the groove and terminating near the lip and formed near its outer end with a pen point receiving opening and being also depressed near the opening to provide a pen point guide. I

2. A device of the character described including a base, an inverted receptacle integral with the upper surface thereof, an inverted frusto-conical member integral with the base and projecting upwardly therefrom and within the receptacle, and serving as a mouth and a neck for the receptacle to permit of filling thereof, a stopper mounted in the frusto-conical member, the upper surface of the base being provided with a groove the bottom of which is inclined and joined with the frusto-conical member, a lip depending from the lower end of the receptacle and positioned within the groove for assuring of the proper self-feeding of the device, and a removable closure secured to the base and positioned above the groove.

In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signature.

HORACE L. DODGE.

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